Ralph's Tropical Weather-RTW

Friday, January 6, 2017

UPDATED MIAMI AND VICINITY FORECAST...0815 AM EST

Today

Partly cloudy with Isolated Showers during the Day: Highs around 82°F. North wind to 10 MPH. Chance of rain 20 percent.

Mostly cloudy with Scattered Showers during the Night: Lows around 72°F. Southeast wind to 8 MPH. Chance of rain 40 percent. New rain amounts up to one quarter inch possible.

Saturday Jan 7

Mostly cloudy with Scattered Showers during the Day: Approaching cold front Highs around 82°F. Winds will increase over night with passage of frontal boundary. South wind 8 to 16 MPH, gusting to 22 MPH. Chance of rain 50 percent. New rain amounts up to one quarter inch possible.

Mostly cloudy with Isolated Showers during the Night: Lows around 57°F. North northwest wind to 17 MPH, gusting to 23 MPH. Chance of rain 20 percent.

Sunday Jan 8

Partly Cloudy during the Day: Highs around 66°F. Windy, with a north northeast wind 16 to 22 MPH, gusting to 31 MPH.

Partly cloudy with Scattered Showers during the Night: Lows around 54°F. North northeast wind to 18 MPH, gusting to 23 MPH. Chance of rain 30 percent.

Monday Jan 9

Partly cloudy with Isolated Showers during the Day: Highs around 70°F. Windy, with a northeast wind to 22 MPH. Chance of rain 20 percent.

Partly Cloudy during the Night: Lows around 63°F. East northeast wind to 18 MPH.

Tuesday Jan 10

Isolated Showers during the Day: Highs around 73°F. East wind to 17 MPH. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.

Partly Cloudy during the Night: Lows around 66°F. East wind to 17 MPH.

Wednesday Jan 11

Partly Cloudy during the Day: Highs around 77°F. East wind to 13 MPH, gusting to 18 MPH.

Partly Cloudy during the Night: Lows around 66°F. East wind to 11 MPH, gusting to 16 MPH.

Thursday Jan 12

Partly Cloudy during the Day: Highs around 79°F. East northeast wind 10 to 15 MPH, gusting to 20 MPH.

GRAPHIC AND MAPS COURTESY OF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

DENSE FOG ADVISORY EXTENDED...
Issue Date:8:33 AM Fri, Jan 6, 2017
Expiration:10:00 AM Fri, Jan 6, 2017

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING...

* VISIBILITY...MAY DROP TO BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE. 

* IMPACTS...SEVERELY LIMITED VISIBILITY, DUE TO DENSE FOG, WILL 
CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON ALL ROADWAYS. DRIVERS 
MAY EXPERIENCE A RAPID REDUCTION IN VISIBILITY OVER A VERY 
SHORT DISTANCE. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN 
TRAVELING THIS MORNING. 

A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE
REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN...
USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.

LIVE RADAR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI

DENSE FOG ADVISORY AND HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

FOG SHOULD BURN OFF BY 0900 AM EST. TURN ON LOW BEAM AND SLOW DOWN BECAUSE VISIBILITY IS REDUCED IN THESE AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS FOG...RTW

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
413 AM EST FRI JAN 6 2017

AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676-
062115-
LAKE OKEECHOBEE-BISCAYNE BAY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH FL OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF FL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM
EXCLUDING THE TERRITORIAL WATERS OF BAHAMAS-GLADES-HENDRY-
INLAND PALM BEACH-METRO PALM BEACH-COASTAL COLLIER-INLAND COLLIER-
INLAND BROWARD-METRO BROWARD-INLAND MIAMI-DADE-METRO MIAMI-DADE-
MAINLAND MONROE-COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI-
DADE-FAR SOUTH MIAMI-DADE-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CHOKOLOSKEE TO BONITA BEACH FL OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE FL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM CHOKOLOSKEE TO BONITA BEACH FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
413 AM EST FRI JAN 6 2017

...LOW VISIBILITY POSSIBLE WITH AREAS OF FOG MAINLY INTERIOR AND WEST...
...SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

VISIBILITY: AREAS OF FOG IS OCCURRING ACROSS MOST OF THE INTERIOR 
AND WESTERN REGIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA EARLY THIS MORNING, WITH DENSE 
FOG POSSIBLE. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO ABOUT HALF MILE, EVEN 
AS LOW AS ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN AREAS OF DENSE FOG.

THUNDERSTORMS: THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS  
SOUTH FLORIDA AND ADJACENT WATERS TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WOULD BE 
OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA AND ADJACENT
WATERS ON SATURDAY, ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT WILL PASS INTO THE 
REGION ON SATURDAY THEN EXIT THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT.

GUSTY WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO BRING DETERIORATING
CONDITIONS OVER THE LOCAL GULF AND ATLANTIC WATERS LATE ON SATURDAY
INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. THERE MAY ALSO BE AN INCREASE IN RIP CURRENTS 
ALONG THE GULF AND ATLANTIC BEACHES LATER IN THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN 
MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI.

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Breaking Weather News! The NWS has extended the Dense Fog Advisory for now ALL of SFLO until 9AM. Watch Local10

Thursday, January 5, 2017

WINTER WEATHER WATCH

‏@wunderground

Winter Storm Watches From Alabama to North Carolina as Winter Storm Helena Poised to Spread Snow, Ice Into the South http://bit.ly/2hWYAqr

UPDATED MIAMI AND VICINITY FORECAST...0434 PM EST

Tonight Jan 5

Clear. Lows around 63°F. along the coast to 61-67°F. interior southwest wind to 6 MPH.

Friday Jan 6

Mostly Sunny during the Day: Highs around 81°F. North wind 5 to 10 MPH.

Mostly cloudy with Scattered Showers during the Night: Not as cool lows around 72°F. Winds shift ahead of another cold front out of the east southeast to 10 MPH. Chance of rain 40 percent. Rain amounts less than one tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday Jan 7

Mostly cloudy with Scattered Storms during the Day: Cold Front Approaching Highs around 82°F. South wind 10 to 17 MPH, gusting to 23 MPH. Chance of rain 60 percent. New Rain amounts up to one quarter inch possible.

Mostly cloudy with Scattered Showers during the Night: Lows around 57°F. Windy, with a north northwest wind 14 to 25 MPH. Chance of rain 40 percent.

Sunday Jan 8

Partly cloudy with Isolated Showers during the Day: Highs around 68°F. Windy, with a north wind to 25 MPH. Chance of rain 20 percent.

Isolated Showers during the Night: Partly cloudy with isolated showers. Lows around 54°F. Windy, with a north wind to 22 MPH. Chance of rain 20 percent.

Monday Jan 9

Partly cloudy with Isolated Showers during the Day: Highs around 70°F. Windy, with a northeast wind to 23 MPH. Chance of rain 20 percent.

Partly Cloudy during the Night: Lows around 61°F. East northeast wind to 18 MPH.

Tuesday Jan 10

Partly Cloudy during the Day: Highs around 73°F. East wind to 19 MPH.

Partly Cloudy during the Night: Lows around 64°F. East wind to 18 MPH.

Wednesday Jan 11

Partly Cloudy during the Day: Highs around 75°F. East wind to 14 MPH.

Clear during the Night: Clear. Lows around 68°F. East wind to 10 MPH.

GRAPHIC MAPS ARE COURTESY OF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI